What Software for Banner Design

by Haskell1

Posted: 12 years ago 31 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

I am at the point of needin to design some professional looking online banner ads. My question is:

What software do you use to make your banners?

Any hints or tips?

Many thanks in advance!

P.S. I don't have access to photoshop and even if I did I wouldn't have time to learn it! I have used a software called aviary (in google apps) but don't know if this is suitable or if there is something better to use?

#banner #design #software

Xstrike 12 years ago

Personally I sometimes use Banner Design Studio to make banners, but nowadays I just use the GIMP to make them. It's really not hard and doesn't take long to learn, and this is coming from someone who used to suck at graphic design.
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Haskell1 12 years ago

I have been wanting to test out Gimp for a long time but always been scared off the thought of having to learn something that I thought would be above average in difficulty!

But I might have a look at it now.
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Karina Gold 12 years ago

Xara Web Designer MX Premium (v8) has already built-in templates for 1 minute banners creation
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- AZMD 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Karina Gold
  
  Xara Web Designer MX Premium (v8) has already built-in templates for 1 minute banners creation
  
  Yes, I use Xara for banners, ads, etc... Have for several years and it produces good quality images and is fairly simple to learn.
  
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- Gama Seva 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by Karina Gold
  
  Xara Web Designer MX Premium (v8) has already built-in templates for 1 minute banners creation
  
  Same here... I love Xara! I've been using it since they first launched the very first version. in fact, all my graphics are made out of xara.
  
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mmrumii 12 years ago

Personally I use photoshop to design banner, logo etc.
I don't know other software to design banner.
If you want you can hire me to create your banner for website.
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ryansjacket 12 years ago

Check out Banner Maker | Banner Designing Software - Design Animated Flash Banners They offer over 500 banner templates, Over 4000 symbols and fonts. I haven't used it yet, but thinking about picking it up and offering banner gigs on fiverr...
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- mikeyman120 12 years ago
  
  Here is a banner creating software created by fellow warrior Adeel Chowdhry.
  
  Banner Maker Software | Banner Generator Pro
  
  Never used it so can't tell you how good it is.
  
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mekap04 12 years ago

Since I hate installing software, I use BannerSnack | Banner maker You can create professional looking banners online and its free.
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alamest 12 years ago

I love using Adobe Photoshop CS6, I like their black layout.. Photoshop is father of any graphic designing software..

I highly recommend Photoshop CS6, try it you don't any other designing software in future..
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SergeMonrois 12 years ago

To make flash banners, I use Banner Maker Pro. Then I convert created SWF to GIF.
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seanster 12 years ago

This rocks, for free or $14/mo. BannerSnack | Banner maker
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seanster 12 years ago

Anyone want to comment of the advantages of Xara premium over the photoshop? So many of these free graphics get outdated fast. :0
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- royljestr 12 years ago
  
  Originally Posted by seanster
  
  Anyone want to comment of the advantages of Xara premium over the photoshop? So many of these free graphics get outdated fast. :0
  
  Xara is awesome!! It's way cheaper than photoshop and it is more powerful in my opinion, not to mention it's easier to learn. I have been using Xara for around 5-6 years and I absolutely love it.
  
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  adamj2 12 years ago
  
  I would recommend whipping out Microsoft Paint and coming up with something yourself!
  
  Nice, professional looking banners will blend in with other banners on the site.
  
  But an ugly looking banner that you did in paint will stand out so much more!
  
  I like to include a big bold black border for the banner, bold red text as the headline, and underlined blue text (looking like a hyperlink) as the call to action.
  
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faysal969 12 years ago

You may try Banner Designer Pro 5.1 for making your banner. It is a cool tool for creating banner. I think you will need little work for establishing control over it.
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drogba2012 12 years ago

try banner snack
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gskesavan 12 years ago

I outsource it, but when I started a few years back I used photoshop because I was a designer before getting into marketing so I know all the basics. If you have photoshop (don't buy it if you don't) then you can play around and learn it in just 30 minutes. To create banners is the easiest thing to do, but if you feel it's a waste of time I'd say just outsource it. I usually get 3 banners for $6. And they're all professional.
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johnben1444 12 years ago

There are lots of softwares but adobe photoshop offers great functionalities coupled with your creativity can do sparking designs.

Thou i rely more on the manual side softwares can't do much.
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MayfairNoble 12 years ago

I use Photoshop, but if your budget doesn't stretch that far GIMP makes a usable substitute.

If you're worried about learning curve and the time it takes, I'd recommend you get someone else to do your banners. You can guarantee quality design then.
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trcapro 12 years ago

You gotta go with Photoshop if you plan on doing a lot of it.
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HD Node 12 years ago

Personally I'd recommend Photoshop too. It has a steeper learning curve than some of the alternatives mentioned, but there are a wealth of freely available tutorials to help you get the most out of it.
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go4glory 12 years ago

I also use and would recommend Adobe Photoshop. But sometimes I also use online Banner Maker sites. There are quite a few. I just browse through them and stop to the point where I've found what I'm looking for.
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martimoney 12 years ago

Photoshop is my choice. But I also use adkreator for quick projects. Its cheap and an online option so you don't have to load software on your computer. You can download the banners you create and load them on your own server or site.
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- force5 12 years ago
  
  Gimp is free and while it make take a few hours to learn to do headers there are plenty of videos on YouTube showing you how its done.
  
  I have used xheader -http://www.xheader.com/ - as well which is free with a $17 upsell option. If you are not arty (which I am not) then this may work well for you.
  
  It really depends on how much time you want to spend on making them and how complicated you want them to be.
  
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wbgclient 12 years ago

I used the banner snac but now it is not free anymore if you want to download a gif format.
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braincandy7 12 years ago

Xheader.com is ok for a freebie. Good for simple headers. Not so much for complicated ones though.
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grols 10 years ago

If I understand you correctly, you need a program that can print poster or banner on A4 printer. To solve similar problems, I use this software to print banners.
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experting facebook 10 years ago

If you want paid one you can use of those above (look at the comments above)
Iy you want free one (it needs more time) you can use Gimp, or Pixlr too
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JensSteyaert 10 years ago

I've used bannercrusher before and i thought it was avery useful piece of software.

No too many designs though but very useful if you want simple but high converting banner designs;
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summermegan Banned 10 years ago

First of all you can learn how to use the adobe photoshop, then Illustrator. you will be able to complete a banner by the Photoshop only. You can learn corel draw also.
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